The Emperor's Winter Letter
In the bitter winter of 1812, cipher clerk Elise Marceau and wounded cavalry captain Adrien Bellanger are thrown together to guard a satchel of intercepted letters that could prove a marshal is hiding the failures starving Napoleon's army. As the Grande Armee crumbles from Moscow's fires to the frozen crossing at the Berezina, forced proximity becomes fierce loyalty, and loyalty becomes love. But when Adrien is ordered to silence the truth and sacrifice Elise to protect his commission, he must choose between the legend of an emperor and the woman whose courage matched his own. A tense, elegiac historical romance of duty, decoding, and devotion, where survival is only the beginning of the choice that matters most. Free sample available.
About the story
In the bitter winter of 1812, cipher clerk Elise Marceau and wounded cavalry captain Adrien Bellanger are thrown together to guard a satchel of intercepted letters that could prove a marshal is hiding the failures starving Napoleon's army. As the Grande Armee crumbles from Moscow's fires to the frozen crossing at the Berezina, forced proximity becomes fierce loyalty, and loyalty becomes love. But when Adrien is ordered to silence the truth and sacrifice Elise to protect his commission, he must choose between the legend of an emperor and the woman whose courage matched his own. A tense, elegiac historical romance of duty, decoding, and devotion, where survival is only the beginning of the choice that matters most.
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By Celeste Armand. Listed listening length: 47 minutes. Category: Historical Romance. Story dynamics: Forced Proximity, Protector / Bodyguard, Redemption Arc.
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